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Squawroot
Either of two unrelated plants from eastern North America:
📖 Definitions of "Squawroot"
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Either of two unrelated plants from eastern North America:
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| blue cohoshnoun | A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), the root of which is used in medicine. |
| caulophyllum thalictroides | Caulophyllum thalictroides, the blue cohosh, is a species of flowering plant in the Berberidaceae (barberry) family. |
| blueberry rootnoun | tall herb of eastern north america and asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally |
| squaw rootnoun | Alternative form of squawroot. [Either of two not closely related plants from eastern North America:] |
| papoose rootnoun | Synonym of blue cohosh. |
| papooserootnoun | tall herb of eastern north america and asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally |
| caulophyllum thalictrioidesnoun | tall herb of eastern north america and asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| papoose rootnoun | Synonym of blue cohosh. |
| blue cohoshnoun | A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), the root of which is used in medicine. |
| squaw rootnoun | Alternative form of squawroot. [Either of two not closely related plants from eastern North America:] |
| blueberry rootnoun | tall herb of eastern north america and asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally |
| caulophyllum thalictrioidesnoun | tall herb of eastern north america and asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally |
| caulophyllum thalictroides | Caulophyllum thalictroides, the blue cohosh, is a species of flowering plant in the Berberidaceae (barberry) family. |
| papooserootnoun | tall herb of eastern north america and asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally |
| squaw weednoun | Alternative form of squawweed. [Any of several species of plants of North America:] |
| squawbushnoun | The shrub Rhus trilobata. |
| squawweednoun | Any of several species of plants of North America: |
| squawvinenoun | Alternative form of squaw vine. [The partridge berry, Mitchella repens.] |
| squaw berrynoun | Alternative form of squawberry. [The bearberry.] |
| squawmintnoun | Alternative form of squaw mint. [Hedeoma pulegioides, the American pennyroyal.] |
| squaw teanoun | (now offensive) A leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra, used to make an herbal tea. |
| breadroot scurfpeanoun | Synonym of prairie turnip. |
| redrootnoun | Any of several plants with red roots, such as the New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus), the gromwell (Lithospermum arvense), the bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), and Lachnanthes caroliniana. |
| crosswortnoun | Crucianella stylosa, an ornamental plant. |
| squaw mintnoun | Hedeoma pulegioides, the American pennyroyal. |
| arrowweednoun | Pluchea sericea, a North American shrub. |
| quincewortnoun | squinancywort |
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